WNBA · Basketball · Aug 19, 2026 22:00 EDT · avg book margin 5.0%
Golden State ValkyriesvsMinnesota Lynx
Betano quotes moneyline 3.5% softer than sharp consensus, 11 hours to tip
What happened: Final score: 66–77. This one lost. A real edge is a long-run average, not a per-bet promise — we publish every outcome either way. The market agreed with the signal: the price closed +5.1% better than where the edge was flagged (positive closing-line value — the strongest sign the edge was real). For the record: the flagged price stayed live for about 11 hours after detection before the edge closed.
Omenizer detected 12 bookmakers pricing this bet above the no-vig fair near close — this story covers one of them. Members see the full board, live.
The setup — the analysis as published at detection, written 10.8 hours before start and frozen for the record. The market it describes has since closed; the outcome is above.
At detection — 11 hours before Golden State Valkyries play Minnesota Lynx (WNBA) — the moneyline market has splintered across operators. Betano is quoting decimal odds of 2.44 on one side, a level 3.5% below the consensus fair value that independent sharp sources have converged on. This dislocation is active; the market has priced one side at a disadvantage, and the sharp consensus identifies which one.
Betano's quote lands 3.2 standard deviations outside the cluster where rival books have settled—a statistical separation well beyond ordinary daily drift.
The fair-value benchmark rests on analysis from 5 independent sharp sources, so the edge reflects distributed professional judgment rather than a single operator's private model.
This signal aligns with 2 historically profitable patterns from our database. The stronger pattern has returned +18.0% cumulative ROI across all settled bets matching its criteria.
Track record backs the signal type. Across 1443 settled bets in WNBA moneyline at comparable odds, cumulative ROI has reached +6.8% when edges of this magnitude have triggered.
Mispricings of this magnitude do not typically survive to tip. Historical patterns in this market segment suggest comparable edges compress toward consensus within roughly 23 hours from detection.
Historical, aggregate data on settled bets — not betting advice and not a guarantee. Markets adapt; edges fade; variance is real.
AN EXAMPLE OF THE MEMBER VIEW
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Chicago Sky vs Los Angeles Sparks
· WNBA · Basketball — flagged side Chicago Sky
@ 2.08
92Omen Score
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🔒, which are members-only (decoy digits shown).
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A sample of bookmakers on this betnear close — every price against the same no-vig fair
Bookmaker
Odds
Vs fair
BC.Game
2.08
+3.5%
betplay
2.08
+3.5%
rivalry
2.08
+3.5%
betwhale
2.08
+3.5%
Heritage Sports
2.04
+1.6%
Betway
2.00
-0.4%
FanDuel
2.00
-0.4%
Bet99
1.95
-2.8%
espn-bet
1.95
-2.8%
theScore
1.95
-2.8%
DraftKings
1.95
-2.8%
BetRight
1.94
-3.3%
Risk & profitability profile
Heavy favoriteFavoriteCoin flipUnderdogLongshot
2.08 odds → 48% implied win probability
50%
Fair win probability
+7.1% 🔒
Expected ROI (model)
+3.0% 🔒
Cohort realized ROI
The endingthe part only a settled signal can show
Detected Aug 05, 03:20 UTC at 2.12 (+2.9% edge) → fair price at close 2.02 → closing-line value +1.8%
✅ Settled: WON · +1.12 units
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Record settled · last updated Aug 20, 2026 04:21 UTC · How these numbers are made: methodology · the dataset — fair prices shown are margin-free. Spotted an error? Request a correction (include this page's URL).